Blog posts from 2003

1. a year older and yet

   I turn 24 today. Amanda claims 24 to be ancient . She’s watched me write a few sentances and delete them. “You’d think you had died and were writing your own memoirs.” Lots of me is different than it…

2. bye bye dell

   <p>OK, I can’t take it anymore. I’m ordering a <a href="http://www.apple.com/powerbook/index15.html">15” powerbook</a> tonight.</p>…

3. explaining SCO

   <p>Groklaw is carrying a complete adaption of The Grinch Who Stole Chrismas relating <a…

4. kid koala

   <p><a href="http://www.ninjatune.net/ninja/release.php?id=768">It has arrived</a>.</p> <p>I do not have a verdict yet. I am leaning towards really liking it…

5. cnet interviews adrian lamo

   <p><a href="http://rss.com.com/2008-1014_3-5076942.html">good interview</a></p> <p><blockquote><b>You’ve told reporters many times in the…

6. xfree tip -- vim will thank you

   <p>> cat .xinitrc | grep xmodmap <ol> <li>xmodmap to turn caps lock into another shift key</li> </ol><br /> xmodmap -e “remove Lock = Caps_Lock” xmodmap -e…

7. a new jeff noon novel...

   <p><a href="http://www.jeffnoon.com/">Jeff Noon</a> has a new <a…

8. R.I.P. Wesley Willis

   “Wesley Willis, the energetic 6’5”, 300-pound Chicago street musician who parlayed whimsical, spartan keyboard odes to his favorite products and indie rock musicians into a cult…

9. Radiohead

   <p>Radiohead<br /> Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD Wed, Aug 20, 2003. 6:30pm <p>Section Row Type Ticket Price Building Facility Charge Convenience Charge Description…

10. PKD psuedo-interview

    <p><i>If the future had a slogan, what would it be?</i></p> <p><a href="http://frontwheeldrive.com/philip_k_dick.html">PKD</a>: “God…

11. easier reading w/ htmldoc

    <p>Reading long passages of text in a browser is torture. This is only partly because of the screen. Also problematic is the number of words in a line which is often dynamic and when static…

12. Pre-haircut

    <p>I don’t have many (any?) pics of how long my hair had gotten — found this at the gallery for Aaron and Kathy’s wedding. Now I want to grow it out again…

13. why I disrespect people

    <p>Ring…<br /> Ring… me : “Helpdesk, this is Grant…” user : “i’m working from home on my laptop and it said it was going into hibernation and then it turned off.” me : erm you…

14. william gibson transcript concerning mass media

    <p>William Gibson has posted a transcript of a recent talk he gave. </p> <p><a href="http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/archive/2003_05_01_archive.asp#200322370"…

15. New Orleans Funk.

    <p>There are seven of us that should be meeting up at the <a href="http://www.funkymeters.com" title="The Funky Meters">Funky Meters</a> show at the <a…

16. rant restrained.

    <p><span class="imBlue">grant</span>: why do i have this strange notion that I need to write long e-mail messages thinking anyone will read it?<br /> Ben : i’ve…

17. So I'm a hippy?

    Ben is at my wed/thurs client. Justin is one of the people we support there. Biehl is my boss. Ben: justin just stopped by and asked for a mouse pad Ben: then "so wheres the hippy?" Ben: rofl grant:…

18. missing ashtrays are a bad sign

    The ashtrays in front of the building I’m in on Wed/Thurs in downtown DC are no where to be seen today. This is troubling - they only remove them in expectation of ‘something going down’. Anyone have…

19. Sony DSC-F717 - My new toy!

    I just dropped a paycheck on a new digital camera + bag + 128MB memmory stick + gamepad. Ok, the gamepad is for playing snes on my laptop and was cheap but I bought it at the same time at the same…

20. Fred Rogers =/

    Watching Mister Rogers was at one point in time the highlight of my day. I thought everyone came home, changed into their house slippers and put on a sweater. I thought anyone could just go up to a…

21. yay open source software

    It error’s like hell in the console - have to tweak that a bit… First time I’ve ever done any actual editing of open source source code (or real code at all for that matter)… Ok ok you got me, it…

22. maltron blinkenlights!

    What kind of company would use ‘mal’, meaning bad or badly in their name? Mal, found in words like malformation, maladjusted, dismal, malady, malcontent, malfeasance, and maleficent does not really…

23. Sightings in DC...

    I was out in front of a client’s office building on K street today having a cigarette… Up pulls a bike messenger. Messengers generally lock their bikes against poles and grates in front of the…

24. everyone in silico

    Judging books by their covers is often the only effective way to find new authors - Jim Munroe’s Everyone in Silico is no expection. I picked up a copy of the book at Border’s the other day and…

25. speak of the devil =/

    =/ well this sucks . From CNN: NASA officials said they last had contact with the shuttle at about 9 a.m. EST, and it had been expected to touch down at about 9:16 a.m. EST. The shuttle was at…

26. 17th Anniversary

    =/ I was only six but I swear I remember it, and for the next few years today was an event in schools.

27. MSSQL-UDP worm spread

    The UDP exploit currently thrashing many internet backbones isn’t really all that interesting, but it makes for interesting graphs… Update : Microsoft is now using the common name for the…

28. Linux usability

    If there was ever a better article, it probably used the word “fucktard” even more times than jwz.org ’s video on linux rant. It’s like reading my own rants!

29. Ninjatune Records

    I can’t get enough of this shit . I wish they’d open a shop in DC (tips well rewarded if there is one). They don’t have the new Solid Steel release in the ninja shop =/ I snagged the last Solid Steel…

30. Disney > public domain

    Boing Boing " …will be wearing a black arm-band for the next day in mourning for our shared cultural heritage, as the Library of Alexandria burns anew. " My gut reaction is that this is a…

31. Speaking of the EFF...

    A few months ago I sent an e-mail to our Maryland representatives. The letter was pre-composed for me by a digital rights organization - all I had to do was fill in my e-mail address street address.…

32. riaa.org defaced

    The RIAA website front page has been “replaced” without permission. 😉 Because the site is currently down, check the below screenshot for what was done: The last time they got hacked, it was becuase…

33. Winamp Skins

    winamp , xmms , gqmeg (pick your poison) format skins…. chromatic variations plain thrashy mayo Elam citrus black amber

34. Litestep

    Litestep directory zips. acidstep1.zip infinistep.zip graystep.zip

35. Curious Yellow, My High School Rock Band

    Brent introduced Eric and I to Dan some time around '95 or '96. The lineup was generally a three-piece of myself on guitars, Dan on drums and Eric playing bass with occasional contributions from…